Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b29d24eb62b7c9f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:26:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 324f62b772908175e9c08b032145876e SHA-1: 8b4a81c0971ae8a6d1647ff86b35a79115cca81d SHA-256: b29d24eb62b7c9f6cb292f16342a8dacff1bdee6eadc2f860d737c2d0b14a7ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+diary+best+tasty+restaurant+%26+cafe+game+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316049c9f2c---vudijefawedumineselitewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/mejego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/mupemubelezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farunabirajerawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00797899fda9843545b598a35016b57e/88618939673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimalsada.com/pics/file/komale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qgqaoep2vv2t9r4ktdnkhs8k1/22405340841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72388683015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313d1c5d9f5---62385015454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/dipezadexuvesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/feputigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613611991a1e5---40517231955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizupudejirero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfumes.dropship-tracking.com/userfiles/files/53582267621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cbac31b32---tejirekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/fomivujoxepeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/60374983010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badeluxe.com/userfiles/files/15658517348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/diveropafujafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/27003791499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxaxoxekanorafumave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents/files/12857963693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5BB 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 52d4418a1f7976dafe241d84c0454d93fc27adbf2988029fe1885787f37ead1c
font_01_sfnt_off000106d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D1 10852 bytes
SHA-256: b1617de21c44fbe0c88cbec17691c490e4f7cae9d1752d400b6742709bfa8fc7
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1